Rewrite Your CV and Practise Interviews With AI: Four Safe Steps for Malaysia

In this Sunday practical from our AI news podcast for Malaysia, Aiman leads four steps to rewrite a CV and prepare for a job interview with AI, with real ringgit costs. We cover what never to paste into a chatbot, how to rewrite for one real advert, how to practise interviews out loud, and how to check a recruiter before you send anything.

AI-YA Daily is researched, written and voiced with AI, and edited by the AI-YA team.

Also in this episode:

• Police figures: 8,911 job scam cases and RM222 million lost in 2025, plus 1,537 cases in the first quarter of 2026.
• A Pekan clerk who lost RM101,007 to a fake part-time job.
• SEEK’s figure on AI-written resumes in Malaysia, and why employers now check AI skills.
• An update on Budget 2027’s RM2,500 graduate minimum wage, which still has no start date we could find.
• An illustrative Ipoh graduate who goes through all four steps for RM0, or RM38.99 with one paid month.
• Our ChatGPT Go Verdict from 25 October, revisited, with Raj changing his vote.
• The Big Question: should employers reward graduates who use AI well, or test everyone in person?

Timestamps 0:04 Cold open: 8,911 job scams and a CV from 2019 0:35 Meet the hosts 1:08 Step 1: make a clean copy, and what never to paste in 2:41 Step 2: rewrite your CV for one real advert 4:21 Step 3: practise the interview out loud 6:06 A word from Hitower IT 6:52 Step 4: check the recruiter, plus a worked example 10:26 The Big Question: reward AI skill, or test everyone in person? 11:37 The Verdict: ChatGPT Go for job hunting 12:18 One thing to do today 12:43 Tomorrow: SME and tools day

Today’s Verdict: ChatGPT Go (RM38.99 a month) for one month of job hunting. Aiman: Bayar. Mei Ling: Hype. Raj: Free cukup.

Stories and sources

• Gemini Apps Privacy Hub: human review and retention (Google)
• Malaysia’s PDPA and sensitive personal data (DLA Piper)
• MYFutureJobs free resume feature (PERKESO)
• MYFutureJobs vacancies and PERKESO career services (RinggitPlus)
• SEEK on AI-generated resumes rising 109% in Malaysia (Tech Edition)
• JobStreet Hiring, Compensation & Benefits Report 2025: 70% assess AI knowledge
• Gemini Live free on Android in Malaysia, 2024 (Lowyat)
• Google career certificates: practising interviews with Gemini Live
• Budget 2027: RM2,500 minimum wage for graduates (The Star)
• Part-time job scams: 8,911 cases and RM222m lost in 2025 (The Star)
• WhatsApp leads job scam cases in 2025 (The Vibes)
• 1,537 job scam cases and RM31.8m lost in Q1 2026 (NST)
• Pekan factory clerk loses RM101,007 in fake job scam (The Vibes)
• Expert: how to verify a job offer (The Star)
• JobStreet warns of deepfake job scams (The Star)
• ChatGPT prices in Malaysia (Pokde)
• Google AI Plus free year for students (Lowyat)
• How Malaysian students claim Google AI Plus (PriceShop)

Standing thread: T3 The fresh grad question.

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