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by cranky908canuck 113 days ago
Seems like the answer is:

What will you pay me for a day of my time?

At this point, they've already invested their resources (and also you, yours).

If employed, then it's easy to point out that that's your cost in a vacation/PTO/"sick" day.

If not, point out that you are not currently working at mickydee so your time is worth more than minimum wage. If they stick at that, make out a reasonable guess at their cost of this process and point out that a day of your time is not a massive additional fraction. If they stick at that, ask if this means you are on the "short list", and how many others are on it. If they stick at that, then you have useful information about what they think you are worth and are likely to offer.

This does assume some flexibility, and leverage.