Perhaps it isn’t nepotism per se (because they aren’t related and haesol appears to be better qualified than the other candidates) but I believe it toes the line ethically. More likely than not, there’ll be conflicts of interest and since they work so closely together, keeping it professional can be harder: case in point, the latest chapter (and I believe the mandatory exam for all the students replacing the previous grade was a misguided and unfair choice from professor boomer, it mostly was for hansol’s sole benefit)
Still it makes for interesting dramatics so *suspension of disbelief activated*
indeed there are things to note when you work with your partner (moreover if the professional line here tend to have boss-subordinate relationship). for the matter of re-test, i think in a way min-joon might do it out of han-sol's sake, if he really intended to see han-sol's competency then he could do re-test for him alone, but it also won't fair for the rest of the student because they might suspect there's something going on between them for min-joon to favor han-sol that way, so it was fair enough
why people said it's nepotism when han-sol didn't even informed min-joon about his interview. he got that job because another recruiters also agreed to welcome him to the job, he wrote cv and did introduction like the other candidates. it's not nepotism if the person is capable of handling the job
alsooooo this story started kinda edgy and weird but it has happy ending and the author doesn't ruin it like any other bl where the mc would end up with toxic partner lol. as corny as it sounds, they gonna be together always