Moving application to different position without consent so as to reject easily

[hysese]

Hi, I applied for a Researcher position that said that would need a Master of Political Science degree, which I have. After the first interview, the employer called me for second interview. In the second interview, they told me that they were considering me for a different position--Analyst. A week later, they emailed me saying that they offered the Analyst position to someone else with more quantitative background. However, I never applied for Analyst position in the first place. I knew a person who applied to Analyst position but now I find out he was hired for Researcher position. I feel like in order to hire that other person they first moved my application to Analyst position so that I could be rejected on the ground of not having quantitative background, and so that the Researcher position would be available to be filled with the other person. The employer is a public institution, I feel like I have been cheated and discriminated by moving my application without my consent to hinder my chances. Is that something legal? Have I been discriminated? This happened in Wisconsin.

 

[cbg]

Yes, it was legal. No, you have not been discriminated against. They did not owe you a job and could quite legally "move" your application to any position they wanted.

 

[Peppermint]

They did not owe you a job and could quite legally "move" your application to any position they wanted.

Or to the wastebasket.