Eligibility issues

Have seen some similar posts but would love some insight into my specific circumstance’s. I’m British and have been living and working in California for 1.5 years for a UK company with a presence over here. In February, with no prior warning, I was fired from my job. I was told in the meeting that it was due to performance issues, but when I asked for clarification on what these were there was no response. I subsequently found out that someone else in the UK office was promoted to my role and I suspect this had been in the works for some time.

I applied for EDD soon after, and when filing my claim I selected that my position was terminated. This was in part because the terminology around termination/lay-offs/firing in the US is different than I’m used to, but mainly because as far as I see it there was no just cause for me being fired.

I received my first EDD payment on March 17 but got an email a few days later asking me to complete an eligibility questionnaire as unsurprisingly my employer had stated I had been fired, which was different to the info I provided. I completed the form as honestly and compellingly as I could, but my payments are now on hold and I’ve been notified that I have an interview scheduled on 9 April.

Other than being honest about what really happened from my perspective, and being clear that I didn’t wilfully lie about my situation, can anybody give advice on how I should handle this interview? How likely am I to continue to receive EDD after this?

I realize this could have been avoided if I’d just swallowed my pride and selected fired to begin with, so no need to hammer that point home!