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