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