Correct use of the times

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Could you please help me with the correct answers?

I ... as a freelancer for six months before I got the job here six weeks ago.

Is it: have been working? Or: have worked?

When did you start to work here?

Or: have you started? I would say "did start" because the start is over, it does not continue into the present. Correct?

I'm happy to be here. I had been looking for an interesting job for a long time.

Past perfect continuous because something had been happening for a period of time before I found the job?

Thanks for your help!

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piano zany 446I worked as a freelancer for six months before I got the job here six weeks ago.

piano zany 446When did you start working here?

(Assuming you are asking about the date on which someone's employment started.)

Also we can ask "How long have you been working here?"

piano zany 446I'm happy to be here. I had been looking for an interesting job for a long time.
Past perfect continuous because something had been happening for a period of time before I found the job?

Right, but for a short period after you start the job, you can continue to say "I have been looking". Thereafter you say "I had been looking".

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