**UPD 2**: Round B is this Sunday (May 5th) — 5.00 GMT. [Time](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?p1=2114&year=2017&month=5&day=7&hour=5&min=0&sec=0)↵
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**UPD**: Round A is this Sunday Mar 5th — 5.00 GMT. [Time](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?p1=136&year=2017&month=3&day=5&hour=5&min=0&sec=0)↵
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Hi,↵
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[GCJ Kickstart](https://codejam.withgoogle.com/codejam/kickstart) (previously called GCJ APAC) will have its Practice Round this weekend. [Schedule](https://codejam.withgoogle.com/codejam/kickstart/schedule.html).↵
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For problem difficulty, you can see previous year's GCJ APAC.↵
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This year, it has 6 rounds (you can see them in the Schedule above).↵
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For university students, this is a good chance for applying to Google. <s>If you have high rank in these rounds, you will automatically pass the 1st phone interview round (which might be difficult for competitive programmer, e.g. [user:flashmt,2017-02-16] failed his phone interview =)).</s> If you have good result, you will get contacted by recruiter. You can see more details in [FAQ](https://codejam.withgoogle.com/codejam/kickstart/faq.html).
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**UPD**: Round A is this Sunday Mar 5th — 5.00 GMT. [Time](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?p1=136&year=2017&month=3&day=5&hour=5&min=0&sec=0)↵
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Hi,↵
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[GCJ Kickstart](https://codejam.withgoogle.com/codejam/kickstart) (previously called GCJ APAC) will have its Practice Round this weekend. [Schedule](https://codejam.withgoogle.com/codejam/kickstart/schedule.html).↵
↵
For problem difficulty, you can see previous year's GCJ APAC.↵
↵
This year, it has 6 rounds (you can see them in the Schedule above).↵
↵
For university students, this is a good chance for applying to Google. <s>If you have high rank in these rounds, you will automatically pass the 1st phone interview round (which might be difficult for competitive programmer, e.g. [user:flashmt,2017-02-16] failed his phone interview =)).</s> If you have good result, you will get contacted by recruiter. You can see more details in [FAQ](https://codejam.withgoogle.com/codejam/kickstart/faq.html).
