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