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