Conspiracy theories
I would suggest you lay all your thoughts about any form of conspiracies aside. As in any company there are a lot of relations between applicants and those who are in a position to pick new employees from the long list of applications. I would expect those who choose who will be called for the interviews, sim test and more have such an integrity that they are not influenced by anything other than the applicants qualifications.
If you would like to apply to SAS, think you are the right person and have the necessary qualifications as specified by SAS you should forward or update your application as soon as possible. SAS requires a lot of new pilots as of now, and as said earlier in this tread the chance for a rather rapid career towards senior captain looks quite good at the moment. The mean age of SAS pilots today will result in most of them being pensioners in 15 years.
Rgds.