Minimum hour requirements are just a small piece of what is taken into consideration when selecting pilots to interview. Use your best judgement, having 2200TT won’t make you competitive against the guys with over 3000 but maybe you have a personality that fits our company better. Obviously people applying with a commercial and 1000TT is what they are trying to prevent. No two candidates are the same and there are ways to make yourself a more competitive candidate outside of your total time. At the end of the day they want someone who is going to fit in and can pass training. As soon as you are reasonably close to the Total Time requirements apply and update often, that’s all you need to do.