Hi,

GCJ Kickstart (previously called GCJ APAC) will have its Practice Round this weekend. Schedule.

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. 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. flashmt failed his phone interview =)). You can see more details in FAQ.