Job Application CRY 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. Asked to do unpaid take-home assignment
2. Referral, but still got rejected
3. Interviewer reads your resume for the first time
4. Company asks for a 'quick chat'—turns out it's a full interview
5. Asked for 5+ years of experience for an entry-level job
6. Rejection with no reapplication for one YEAR
7. found a MLM company
8. 'we’re like a family'
9. Company asks for a salary range and offers less
10. Asked to create a full business strategy ... for free
11. Get ghosted after trial project
12. Downgraded to internship while applying for full-time
13. Successfully competed a workday application
14. Job description says ‘fast-paced environment’—a.k.a. overworked & underpaid
15. Get rejected before applying
16. Company get defensive about glass door reviews
17. Final round, but they 'went with an internal candidate'
18. Online applications made you cry
19. Get rejected within an HOUR
20. job/careerfair just to collect resumes (meet HR KPI)
21. Sent a follow-up email, never got a response
22. Rejection email with your name spelled wrong
23. Position closed right after you applied
24. Accidentally applied twice, rejected twice
25. Interviewer asks inappropriate question
26. Job description vs. interview expectations don't match