Just follow what the requirement says, if you are not rated, then with flying time in SEP/MEP will do. The reason they put the criteria is to ensure you are recent, and you wont' be a complication during training.
Some companies even put for example, min 100 hours in the last 12 months, or something similar, in order to eliminate candidates who have 1 hour every year just to renew the license.
Now, this is very obvious, but worth to mention... SIM time never count (unless the criteria mentioned it, but I haven't seen any company having this so far)