Find someone else who needs multi time and switch off being the safety pilot. It wont hurt to brush up on your instrument skills before the interview anyways.

Go for it. They might do the thing where they pay for you to do a jet course in order to make up for your lack of time. The worst that happens is they tell you to get 17 more hours. I'd go in being totally prepared for the interview.

thanks a lot guys, really appreciate all of your inputs. i am going to apply regardless of my times...besides gouges what should i study??? Its my first aviation interview (besides the CFI job)

Study whatever the gauges tell you to study. There are a million of them out there, that should keep you busy enough, plus they cover everything that will happen in the interview.