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