Yes, of course you can. But are we talking about flight with sole reference to instruments vs IFR? The two are different. And then there's the issue of logged hours vs performance. A potential employer will expect to see an ability commensurate with logged hours. If you log 100 hours of flight by sole reference to instruments, they'll expect to see you performing as a 100 hour pilot. Remember, the guys doing the assessments really know how you should fly vs hours logged - it's their job. If you under perform you won't get the opportunity to explain why.