I was freelancing for a while and made decent money but after I couldn't find a real job for a really really long time I kind of snapped and said I started freelancing a lot earlier than I actually did. Lo and behold i actually got an interview from a Japanese company and when I talked to the person at the company they said "it's cool that you have X years of experience doing this" when it's really X – 1. I should have corrected them then and there but I froze.
I'm not sure if background checks happen after job offers because a nightmare scenario for me would be to refuse a few other jobs I'm interview for (where I was honest about my work dates) for this job and in the middle of everything get my visa refused and barred entry from ever working in japan because of what I wrote in my resume.
Does anyone know how to proceed? Can I play it off cool or is it something I need to bring up and deal with the consequences in case they choose not to hire me?
edit: same goes for the visa side, how can I remedy this? Any way for this to not end in a complete disaster?
by agarijones