Table 2.

Correlation of Interview Scores With Preinterview Composite Scores, Dean’s Letter Scores, Recommendation Letter Scores, and USMLE #1 Score in All and by 4 Color Groups.*

	Preinterview composite score	Dean’s letter score	Recommendation letter score	USMLE #1 score
Interview score	r = 0.58	r = 0.36	r = 0.56	r = 0.07
(for all 4 color groups)	P < .001	P < .001	P < .001	P = .120
Interview score	r = 0.68	r = 0.29	r = 0.57	r = −0.03
(for Blue only)	P < .001	P = .024	P < .001	P = .782
Interview score	r = 0.41	r = 0.37	r = 0.59	r = −0.06
(for Green only)	P < .001	P < .001	P < .001	P = .30
Interview score (for	r = 0.17	r = 0.45	r = 0.15	r = 0.27
Yellow only)	P = .234	P = .022	P = .378	P = .092
Interview score	r = 0.77	r = 0.39	r = 0.44	r = 0.03
(for Red only)	P < .001	P = .018	P = .002	P = .834

*r: Spearman correlation coefficient.