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