In this case, it is not a public university. They also have grants from 2 private companies. Based on what I have gathered the acceleration program is in partnership with a private university. I called it a skill contest because only the best business ideas make it in the program and yes through various selection process.
My concern is not that I did not get in but rather how their selection process in my particular case was unfair.
I made it through the first round. The second round consists of an interview. Attended the interview. When I got there, one of the people administering the interview was my current fiancé's ex. I feel like she had an obligation to have excused herself from my application. We are not friends.
I advise the other lady that works for the company that we knew each other. That was acknowledged, but not the extent and she advised me to proceed. We did.
I then sent an email after the interview advising them that it was weird. They apologized and said that it should have never happened. My fiancé's ex is not listed as an employee, but she did attend the program and has since graduated. Not sure of her role with the company. She could have been a volunteer or contracted.
I was given a second interview by phone with a new person, the program director. The line of questions were different than the first interview and much harder (I get that this part is my perception).
But what is worse, I have since learned that my fiancé's ex is also currently mentoring someone who made the second round. I mean she had a personal stake in the outcome of the selection process. I don't she how she can be bias.
Putting aside the personal drama, does there not need to be a fair selection process given that there weren't enough seats available for all the candidates? There couldn't possibly be a lack of bias? And I was told later by the director that normally if somebody knows someone, they cannot be a part of the selection process.
I don't see why it's not a skill contest.
