Changing from indirect to direct speech [closed]

Question

Change into Direct speech:

• He said that he had started a job.

• Two possibilities:

1. He said, "I have started a job".

2. He said, "I started a job".

• Which of the above is correct?

Answer 1

He said, "I have started a job." Or He said, "I started a job."

Both are correct because both present perfect and past simple tense are changed into past perfect tense in indirect speech.