Interview Season Bingo - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.

1. Asks about "life in Mobile"
2. Applicant does magic (instant bingo if they perform trick )
3. Applicant comes from West Coast
4. Everyone is muted in main zoom room
5. One lamp in background
6. Applicant comes from Midwest
7. Applicant mentions relative/friend who lives in Mobile
8. Nothing in Background
9. Camera positioned like this
10. Applicant "name drops" faculty member
11. Applicant forgets interviewers name/calls them wrong name
12. Two lamps in background
13. Black blazer/coat
14. Applicant wearing any color other than blue/black/white
15. Applicant asks about "unique characteristic" of program that they are missing due to virtual interviews
16. Applicant is your favorite
17. Interview concludes before scheduled time
18. Applicant forgets name of program
19. Applicant has never been to Mobile
20. Interview ends automatically while applicant is in mid-sent...
21. Blue Blazer/coat
22. Applicant asks about work/life balance
23. 3 lamps in background
24. Applicant asks about/mentions Mardi Gras
25. Applicant coughs
26. Lame joke about 2020
27. Screen shakes constantly
28. Awkward silence in main Zoom room
29. Applicant takes drink of water/coffee/etc.
30. Bookshelf in background
31. Applicant has headphones/earbuds
32. Digitally added background
33. Applicant smiles continuously/ frequently :)
34. Applicant mentions COVID Vaccine
35. Applicant references significant other
36. Applicant is your least favorite
37. Picture of pet in background
38. Awkward silence during interview/breakout room
39. Applicant temporarily turns off video
40. App
    Applicant asks how your day is going
41. Zoom Connectivity issue
42. Applicant is calling from another time zone
43. Applicant never/rarely smiles :|
44. Struggles with moving to breakout room
45. Asks about research opportunities
46. Applicant "name drops" resident
47. Applicant mentions awkward silence in main room and offers to break it.
48. Applicant has driven through Mobile, but never stayed for any significant time
49. Pet or child interrupts interview
50. Applicant asks about something on faculty member's online bio/pubmed
51. Applicant catches you playing interview bingo
52. Applicant wearing glasses
53. Self-created artwork in background
54. Applicant references life "pre-COVID"