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