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Resident physician hiring is strongly based on test scores, specifically the USMLE Step 1. It's true that scores in the board exams the OP discusses aren't super relevant to hiring, though.

It is step 2 now, given that step 1 is now pass/fail. But yes step 2 is the single most important factor in residency match

It very much depends on the specialty, too.

I married my wife shortly before she started med school.

Scores are basically the entire name of the game. Sure you’re not hired into your attending job based on scores, but med school and residency are largely based on scores.

Obviously I don’t mean “hire” in the narrow sense. We shouldn’t admit people to medical school based on DEI any more than we should hire them after medical school based on DEI.