Stand Up Be Counted contributors have challenged politicians to break from their usual lines when they take part in the Sky News Facebook #AskTheLeaders event.
Student James Cantwell, who will be in the audience, said: "It's fantastic they're coming to us but we can't have the 'same old same old' rhetoric. We won't stand for it."
Stand Up Be Counted (SUBC) is a Sky News initiative where 16 to 25-year-olds can speak out and share ideas.
It is working with Facebook to give younger people the chance to grill those in charge of the major parties, both in person and online.
There will be a day of live Q&A sessions with 60 young people interrogating political leaders live on Sky News.
People can join the discussion online on Monday by using the #AskTheLeaders hashtag on the Stand Up Be Counted Facebook page, the Sky News Facebook page or on Twitter.
The whole day's coverage will be streamed from 9am on the SUBC Facebook page, the Sky News Facebook page and Sky News YouTube channel.
Carissa Jamu, another Stand Up who will be in the audience, said: "I think this is a great platform. We don't normally have this opportunity to speak to leaders in person - but through social media we can get our voices heard.
"That's the most convenient way to get through to us, we're on Facebook and Twitter daily, that's the best way to interact with us."
Political issues were the most discussed topics on Facebook last year so the event aims to bring leaders to where 16 to 25-year-olds discuss what matters to them.
James, 19, said: "We are the social media generation, so it's putting it on our terms having it on a social media platform. It's putting the ball in our court. We've got the power."
Issues that Stand Ups are keen to talk about include, according to James, immigration, fracking, austerity and tuition fees.
But Carissa, 22, said: "I think as students we raise tuition fees too much. Other issues are out there we need to discuss - welfare, benefits, we're going to get older - they're going to affect us at some point."
If the leaders dodge questions on these difficult areas the contributors are confident they won't let them try the oldest trick in the book - answering the question they want to answer and being elusive.
Carissa said: "I'm going to re-word the question and hope they answer it again. I'm going to keep pestering them about it.
"Every time we ask them questions they divert it to something different. So I'm going to re-word it and hopefully we'll get there."
James added: "I don't want to get let down. My challenge to them is real talk - just tell it how it is."
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